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"Joker & the Thief" is a song by Australian rock band Wolfmother. The song serves as the sixth track and sixth single from the band's eponymous debut studio album.It was released in Australia on 28 October 2006 and in the United Kingdom on 20 November 2006. [1]
Wolfmother was first issued in Australia on 30 October 2005 through Modular Recordings. [5] Prior to its release it was played on high rotation on radio station Triple J, and as a result was the featured album of the week starting 28 October, [6] won both the inaugural J Award [7] and the listener's choice Album of the Year. [5]
On 24 October 2020, Stockdale performed "Joker & the Thief" at the 2020 AFL Grand Final. The band's next self-produced album, Rock Out, was released in November of 2021. On 11 January 2023, Stockdale performed under the name Wolfmother with Dutch band Paceshifters as his backing band in Paradiso, Amsterdam. [106]
The follow-up to Wolfmother, Cosmic Egg, was released in October 2009, ... "Joker & the Thief" The Malloys [42] "New Moon Rising" 2009 Special Problems [46]
[24] Wolfmother have scored eleven songs in the annual Hottest 100. [25] Six songs by Wolfmother entered the listing in 2005, which at the time was the highest number of entries in a single Hottest 100 chart for an Australian artist. [25] Also that year, Wolfmother's self-titled debut album was listed as the top album of the year. [25]
Wolfmother performing in 2018. Wolfmother are an Australian hard rock band formed in Sydney, New South Wales in 2000. [1] Originally a trio featuring vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross, and drummer Myles Heskett, the group released their self-titled debut album in Australia in 2005, with all 12 tracks credited equally to all three band members. [2]
Media response to Please Experience Wolfmother Live was mixed. Writing for The Sunday Times online publication PerthNow, Polly Coufos awarded the album three and a half stars out of five, proposing that "[Wolfmother's] brutal sound invokes the gods of metal past, with just enough tongue-in-cheek humour to keep outsiders interested too", praising "Joker & the Thief" as the highlight. [4]
Stockdale is best known as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and only continuous member of the rock band Wolfmother, which he founded in 2004. In 2007, he won "Songwriter of the Year" at the APRA Awards along with his bandmates. On 24 October 2020, Stockdale performed "Joker & the Thief" at the AFL Grand Final. [4] [5]